——'had we, like them, endured
Sore stress of apprehension.' [Sonnet XXXVII. l. 6.]
See Burnet, who is unusually animated on this subject; the east wind, so anxiously expected and prayed for, was called the 'Protestant wind.'
360. The Cross.
'Yet will we not conceal the precious Cross,
Like men ashamed.' [Sonnet XL. ll. 9-10.]
The Lutherans have retained the Cross within their churches: it is to be regretted that we have not done the same.
361. Monte Rosa.
Or like the Alpine Mount, that takes its name
From roseate hues,' &c. [Sonnet XLVI. ll. 5-6.]
Some say that Monte Rosa takes its name from a belt of rock at its summit—a very unpoetical and scarcely a probable supposition.